Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 8
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 8 Health and Physical Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Body image – Digital media
Digital media such as social networks and video games have become increasingly important in the lives of children and youth. Even when young people are consuming other media, such as TV, music and movies, they’re likely to be doing it through the internet. As well, nearly all the media they consume, from TV shows to toys, have web pages, virtual worlds, video games or other digital spinoffs associated with them.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Tobacco Labels
Quebec Competencies Chart - Tobacco Labels
Quebec Competencies Chart - Mirror Image
Quebec Competencies Chart - Mirror Image
Quebec Competencies Chart - Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
Quebec Competencies Chart - Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
Quebec Competencies Chart - Truth or Money
Quebec Competencies Chart - Truth or Money
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Law CLU3E: Understanding Canadian Law in Everyday Life
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Law CLU3E: Understanding Canadian Law in Everyday Life, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Psychology 20 – Social Psychology (Grade 11)
Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Psychology 20 – Social Psychology (Grade 11)
Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis
“Advertising has always sold anxiety, and it certainly sells anxiety to the young. It’s always telling them they’re losers unless they’re cool.” (Mark Crispin Miller, The Merchants of Cool, 2000)
How Social Media Helps Teens Cope With Anxiety, Depression, and Self-Harm
By Dr. Sameer Hinduja of the Cyberbullying Research Centre
Content reposted with permission – original article from Cyberbullying.org
It is easy for many adults – whether educators or parents – to focus on the negatives of social media in the lives of teens today. This is understandable, because they are the ones who have to deal with the fallout when adolescents make mistakes online (cyberbullying incidents, sexting cases, electronic dating violence, digital reputation drama, and similar forms of wrongdoing).